Brandon K. Watson

Academic Assistant at the Chair of Systematic Theology at the University of Münster

Brandon K. Watson is currently the Academic Assistant at the Chair of Systematic Theology at the University of Münster, Germany, where he teaches courses on hermeneutics, contemporary philosophy of religion, and systematic theology. He completed both an M.Div. and an M.A. from Princeton Theological Seminary, USA in 2018 and shortly thereafter moved to Germany with his wife and (then) one kid. In 2022, he completed his Ph.D. (Dr. theol.) at the University of Heidelberg, Germany (under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Friederike Nüssel). He is the author of Karl Barth on Faith: A Systematic Exploration (DeGruyter 2024), in which he explores the development of the doctrine of faith in Barth’s theology. The work specifically treats how Barth’s threefold dialectic of revelation can also be worked out in Barth’s mature understanding of faith presented in his doctrine of reconciliation, i.e., understood from within material dogmatics. In addition to his work and interest in twentieth-century philosophy and theology, having co-edited a volume on Paul Lehmann with Nancy Duff and Ry Siggelkow (Lexington 2022), he has translated several essays in journals, chapters in books, and one monograph, Markus Mühling, Post-Systematic Theology II: The Trinitarian Adventure of Love – Ecological Ways of Creation, Humaning, and its Displacement (Brill 2024). Brandon is currently writing a post-doctoral thesis (Habilitationsschrift) on “Metaphor, Narrative, and Divine Contingency.” He is also working on an English translation of Hartmut von Sass, Gott als Ereignis des Seins: Versuch einer hermeneutischen Onto-Theologie, and a collection of essays by Eberhard Jüngel. Outside of academics, you can find Brandon either spending time with his wife and (now two) kids or somewhere trail running in the mountains.